A validated, polarimetric 3-dimensional simulation capability, P-MCScene, is being developed by generalizing Spectral Sciences’ Monte Carlo-based synthetic scene simulation model, MCScene, to include calculation of all 4 Stokes components. P-MCScene polarimetric optical databases will be generated by a new version (MODTRAN7) of the government-standard MODTRAN radiative transfer algorithm. The conversion of MODTRAN6 to a polarimetric model is being accomplished by (1) introducing polarimetric data, by (2) vectorizing the MODTRAN radiation calculations and by (3) integrating the newly revised and validated vector discrete ordinate model VDISORT3. Early results, presented here, demonstrate a clear pathway to the long-term goal of fully validated polarimetric models.

A Line-By-Line (LBL) option is being developed for MODTRAN6. The motivation for this development is two-fold. Firstly, when MODTRAN is validated against an independent LBL model, it is difficult to isolate the source of discrepancies. One must verify consistency between pressure, temperature and density profiles, between column density calculations, between continuum and particulate data, between spectral convolution methods, and more. Introducing a LBL option directly within MODTRAN will insure common elements for all calculations other than those used to compute molecular transmittances. The second motivation for the LBL upgrade is that it will enable users to compute high spectral resolution transmittances and radiances for the full range of current MODTRAN applications. In particular, introducing the LBL feature into MODTRAN will enable first-principle calculations of scattered radiances, an option that is often not readily available with LBL models. MODTRAN will compute LBL transmittances within one 0.1 cm-1 spectral bin at a time, marching through the full requested band pass. The LBL algorithm will use the highly accurate, pressure- and temperature-dependent MODTRAN Padé approximant fits of the contribution from line tails to define the absorption from all molecular transitions centered more than 0.05 cm-1 from each 0.1 cm-1 spectral bin. The beauty of this approach is that the on-the-fly computations for each 0.1 cm-1 bin will only require explicit LBL summing of transitions centered within a 0.2 cm-1 spectral region. That is, the contribution from the more distant lines will be pre-computed via the Padé approximants. The status of the LBL effort will be presented. This will include initial thermal and solar radiance calculations, validation calculations, and self-validations of the MODTRAN band model against its own LBL calculations.

The MODTRAN6 radiative transfer (RT) code is a major advancement over earlier versions of the MODTRAN
atmospheric transmittance and radiance model. This version of the code incorporates modern software ar-
chitecture including an application programming interface, enhanced physics features including a line-by-line
algorithm, a supplementary physics toolkit, and new documentation. The application programming interface
has been developed for ease of integration into user applications. The MODTRAN code has been restructured
towards a modular, object-oriented architecture to simplify upgrades as well as facilitate integration with other
developers' codes. MODTRAN now includes a line-by-line algorithm for high resolution RT calculations as well
as coupling to optical scattering codes for easy implementation of custom aerosols and clouds.

The Fast Line-of-sight Imagery for Target and Exhaust Signatures (FLITES) is a High Performance Computing (HPC-CHSSI) and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) funded effort that provides a scalable program to compute highly resolved temporal, spatial, and spectral hardbody and plume optical signatures. Distributed processing capabilities are included to allow complex, high fidelity, solutions to be generated quickly generated. The distributed processing logic includes automated load balancing algorithms to facilitate scalability using large numbers of processors. To enhance exhaust plume optical signature capabilities, FLITES employs two different radiance transport algorithms. The first algorithm is the traditional Curtis-Godson bandmodel approach and is provided to support comparisons to historical results and high-frame rate production requirements. The second algorithm is the Quasi Bandmodel Line-by-line (QBL) approach, which uses randomly placed "cloned" spectral lines to yield highly resolved radiation spectra for increased accuracy while maintaining tractable runtimes. This capability will provide a significant advancement over the traditional SPURC/SIRRM radiance transport methodology.

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